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Ayrat Kashaev
Born (1984-11-23) November 23, 1984 (age 39)
Kazan,
Russian Federation
OccupationConductor

Ayrat Kashaev (Russian: Айрат Кашаев; born November 23, 1984) is a Russian conductor.

Biography

Ayrat Kashaev was born in Kazan, the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) and began his musical training at the age of 4. In 2004, he graduated with honours in choral conducting from Kazan College of Music and entered the Kazan Conservatory. In 2008, he was invited to continue his education in Moscow Conservatory, where he first studied choral conducting with Lev Kontorovitch (graduated in 2009, with honours) and then orchestra conducting with Gennady Rozhdestvensky (graduated in 2012 summa cum laude).

Career

Since 2008, Ayrat Kashaev has been the Principal Conductor of Galina Vishnevskaya College Theatre,[1] where he has led the productions of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Martín y Soler’s Una cosa rara, Agafonnikov’s Anna Snegina. In addition to opera and ballet productions, the orchestra led by Ayrat Kashaev gives regular performances at various venues both in Moscow and throughout Russia. In 2012, the orchestra played the season closing concert of Perm Regional Philharmonic.

In the season 2010/11, Ayrat Kashaev led the Open Stage Festival production of Donizetti’s Il Campanello at Helicon Opera, Moscow, and its revival in the season 2011/12. In April 2012, he conducted the first performance of this opera in the city of Kazan, with the New Music Chamber Orchestra and Tatarstan State Chamber Choir.

In the season 2011/12, Ayrat Kashaev continued his collaboration with Helikon Opera, Moscow, leading the revival of the company’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugeny Onegin. In the season 2012/13, he conducted Eugeny Onegin at the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre, during 31st International Chaliapin Opera Festival. In February and March 2013, he continued his collaboration with the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre, conducting Tchaikovsky’s The Nutkracker and Gavrilin’s Anyuta.

Since 2011, Ayrat Kashaev has been the Artistic Director of the Gnessins College of Music Choir. Under his leadership, the choir has rapidly turned from merely a training body for young music students into a prize-winning ensemble, actively performing at most prestigious Moscow venues.

Since 2013, Ayrat Kashaev has been a Senior Conductor with the Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber Orchestra and a conductor with the Boris Pokrovsky Moscow Chamber Opera Theatre.

As a guest conductor, he has appeared with Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Youth Chamber Orchestra, Raсhmaninoff Symphony Orchestra, New Music Chamber Orchestra, Tatarstan State Chamber Choir.

Awards

In 2009, Ayrat Kashaev won the Russian National Choral Conducting Competition.

References